Gatineau. Spring flowers all topped with and surrounded by snow. upload description: When I opened my front door to get my morning Citizen, I couldn't believe my eyes! I just had to get my camera and photograph the snowy scene. Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths all topped with and surrounded by snow.Patricia Cassidy
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Pool Party Anyone!!! Pool Party Anyone!!! At least this snow is Great Game 6 Hockey Weather!!! Go Sens Go!!Michelle Varteniuk
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Sunset on the Rideau River with the silhouette of my son stocking the fire.Karen Ronayne
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I took this photo of a woodpecker in the Glebe, Ottawa. I thought the "Bird" journalist might like to see it.Pamela Mackenzie
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Red Admiral butterflies are everywhere these days. It is thought to be one of the largest and earliest migrations on record.Theresa Johnson
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At first, I thought it was another Red Admiral butterfly, but on closer inspection it turned out to be a Question Mark butterfly.Theresa Johnson
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Tulips are up – in mid-April!Theresa Johnson
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First forest flowers of the spring.Theresa Johnson
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On April 6, 2012, I noticed this lone Canada Goose in an inlet at Petrie Island, desperately honking our cries for its lost soul mate along with occasional straining of its neck to scan the far waters; however, without success.Norman Hooper
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The two seagulls flying in this picture seem to be enjoying the beautiful spring sunshine today as much as I am. I was walking in the park near Cummings Bridge in Vanier early this afternoon (April 12, 2012) and caught them in flight. One is above the rocks at the water's edge and the other is still flying among the trees to the left.Carol Butler
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A female cardinal, nesting in a nearby cedar, was searching for food on a front lawn on Pintail Terrace in Orleans.Paul Page
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A male wood duck at Deschenes rapids.Mary Hindle
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Female wood duck at Deschenes Rapids, not nearly as colourful as her male counterpart but still beautiful.Mary Hindle
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Male wood duck at Deschenes Rapids.Mary Hindle
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Ottawa firefighter at the scene of a house fire in Orleans over the Easter weekend. He had just removed his helmet and protective hood, after helping to tear out parts of the ceiling that had been damaged by the fire.Geoff Clyne
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I found this first page of the Ottawa Central Citizen 45 years ago in an abandoned barn. It shows the sinking of the Titanic. The newspaper is dated Tuesday April 23, 1912 and is from Ottawa. I have always kept it as a momento and as a tribute to a terrible tragedy that should not have happened.Marc Desjardins
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My two sons, ages 9 and 7 years, are fascinated with the Titanic. My 9 year old son Seamus, painted this picture of the sinking Titanic a couple of days ago.J.M. McInnis
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Chipmunk greeting at Jack Pine Trail.Theresa Johnson
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The sun peeks through The Canadian National Vimy Memorial in Vimy, France on July 1, 2011.Debbie Hendsbee
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A wood duck swims in the mud lake at Ottawa's west end last weekend.Jaliya Rasaputra
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